Snow Concert Hall: Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, Canberra
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra makes its long-awaited return to Canberra with a program of music for – and inspired by – dance. With folk dances and music for ballet, Conductor in Residence Benjamin Northey leads the Orchestra in this program including high-energy works by Stravinsky and Kodály. Be moved by…
Bryce Dessner & the Sydney Symphony

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Bryce Dessner & the Sydney Symphony

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank
Known to many from American rock band The National, Dessner is also a leading figure in contemporary classical music. He ‘slips in and out of musical guises with disarming ease…his gorgeous and full-hearted music’ (NPR) blurring the lines between genres, shaped by collaborations with icons like Steve Reich and Philip…
Editor's Choice Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony

Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 9 Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah
Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Asher Fisch conducts Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, written after a period of self-doubt and personal turmoil. Its 1888 premiere in St Petersburg was poorly received, and Tchaikovsky initially considered the work a failure. Nevertheless, it went on to become one of his most enduring works,…